Nursing • Health Innovation
Join us for ICU Futures – a unique, free nurse-led innovation event designed to share ideas, showcase practical solutions, and shape the future of critical care. This one-day programme combines inspiring talks, interactive skills labs, and networking opportunities.
Key learning objectives:
· Identify clinical safety priorities and red flags in advanced ICU procedures and monitoring.
· Apply technology and data tools to enhance patient care, team communication, and decision-making.
· Explore bedside-led innovation models and practical strategies for continuous improvement.
· Understand evolving roles, training pathways, and future trends shaping ICU practice.
Agenda:
08:30-09:00am – Registration and Welcome Breakfast
09:00am – Welcome and Introduction – Joao Bastos da Fonseca, Director of Nursing Critical Care, AAU and Nursing Support.
09:00-10:30am: Title of session: Optimising ICU Care with Innovation
Chair: Jan Antonio
Talk 1: "The Tech that Has your Back":- Irene Tobey Bien, Clinical Informatics Support Specialist & Critical Care Nurse
Talk 2: Medication Safety in Critical Care:- Jordan Ward, Charge Nurse Intensive Care
Talk 3: Home Grown Innovation: Driving Quality from the Bedside:- Joao Bastos da Fonseca, Director of Nursing Critical Care, AAU and Nursing Support
Talk 4: SAFETY: The Smarter Shift Handover Tool:- Katheleen Kho, Charge Nurse Intensive Care
Talk 5: Leading with Data: Manager perspective:- Polyxeni Tsalafouta, ICU&AAU Manager
10:30am-11:00am: Coffee Break
11:00am- 12:30: Title of session: Treatments and Therapies
Chair: Joao Bastos da Fonseca
Talk 6: TPE in ICU: When, Why, and How?:– Dane de Luna, Senior Staff Nurse Intensive Care
Talk 7: HIPEC Uncovered: Complexity and Expectations:- Jan Antonio, Clinical Educator Critical Care
Talk 8: Invasive vs Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring:- Jordan Ward, Charge Nurse Intensive Care & Khaled Hussein
Talk 9: What is "New" in Mechanical Cardiac Support:- Georg Auzinger, Consultant Critical Care & Department Chair
12:30-13:30: Lunch, Exhibition, ePosters, and Networking
13:30-13:50: ACCP Pathway: Training & Role in ICU Coral Cole, Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
14:00-16:00: Hands-On Skills Labs – rotation through all stations (35 mins each)
1. Cardiac Advanced Life Support
2. Cardiac Output Monitoring
3. Pacing
16:15-16:35: AI in Critical Care: How will it change our practice in 10 years time, Dominic Marshall, Critical Care Fellow
16:15-17:00: Closing Session: Insights & Networking, Joao, Joao Bastos da Fonseca, Director of Nursing Critical Care, AAU and Nursing Support
Event close: 17:00
Ticket price will be refunded upon attendance.
For any questions, please email CCLAcademicAffairs@ccf.org
